# NTSB GAA22WA290: Meriwether Jon Arion Lightning, N638JM, Kenora, Canada, September 21, 2022

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: September 21, 2022
- Place: Kenora, Canada
- Coordinates: 49.756235, -94.50164 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=49.7562&lon=-94.5016&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Maneuvering-low-alt flying: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 105983
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA22WA290
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/105983/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA22WA290

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Maneuvering-low-alt flying: Abrupt maneuver](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/270); cases with it: [Meriwether Jon ARION LIGHTNING, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/270/sequence.md?model=05629YQ), [All aircraft, 346 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/270/sequence.md)
- [Maneuvering-low-alt flying: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) (defining event); cases with it: [Meriwether Jon ARION LIGHTNING, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md?model=05629YQ), [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md)
- [Maneuvering-low-alt flying: Low altitude operation/event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/220); cases with it: [Meriwether Jon ARION LIGHTNING, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/220/sequence.md?model=05629YQ), [All aircraft, 780 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/220/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N638JM](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N638JM-2023-05-06), registration cancelled 2023-05-06, S/N 00098, built 2010 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MERIWETHER JON ARION LIGHTNING
- Registry model: [Meriwether Jon ARION LIGHTNING](https://openairdocs.org/model/meriwether-jon-arion-lightning) (registry code 05629YQ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Jabiru 3300](https://openairdocs.org/engine/jabiru-3300) (registry code 34801, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 00098
- Year built: 2010
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Non-U.S., non-commercial

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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